For advanced computer peepz only: I would LOVE your help!?

Question

How would you disable a tracking program on your computer that tracks everything you do on there? It's called pctattletale. If you know anything about it, that would be great! My spysweeper caught it and I think I know what it is, I just need your help. My loved one put it on for me and I hate that somebody's controlling me.

Answer 1

Sorry with your situation but there is a solution. First of all do not download any programs that help you remove items. These programs may remove the problem but they themselves are bad because they can contain malware, spyware, adware and all sorts of other things you dont know about. What I reccomend is buying trusted software from a store. i reccommend (if you dont have it) getting McAfee. Its trusted and it removes viruses and Trojan, and all that stuff. You also cant go wrong with Norton Security. What norton does is tell you when a recent attack has been made on your computer and it has blocked it. It is very usefull especially when you have programs like LimeWire that can potentially make your PC obsolete. Your spyweeper is great, but it cant potentially erase it. The following is in dire emergencies only so do it if you really need to. In an emergency use your boot disk that came with your computer. It will completly erase everything on your hardrive and put it back the way it came. But only use it if you really need to.

Answer 2

For all I know, your "loved one" is a parent, and that'd mean that you're circumventing their attempts to keep you safe.

If it's your boyfriend, and the computer belongs to him, the best solution is to just stop using it entirely. He can't control your usage of the computer if you're not using it at all.

Better yet, ask a friend if you can use their computer. He may have legal recourse to tell you what & what not to do on his, but he's got no say about how other people use theirs.

Answer 3

I think your bigger problem is your loved one's control issues. I'd deal with that before bothering with the computer.

Unless it's your parents who installed PC Tattletale, because it's a parental control program. Then they obviously think you need some monitoring, and who are we to argue?

Answer 4

There's a piece of software to remove such thing, its called XoftSpySE, which removes things like this.

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"XoftSpySE can remove PCTattletale, and thousands of other Keylogger definitions, automatically and instantly. Click here to download XoftSpySE. "

Find the link below.

Answer 5

click start run and type msconfig.

click startup tab and uncheck the program in question. restart computer.

If you are running xp when the warning window pops up after the restart check the check box and click ok.

Answer 6

http://www.inet-mates.com/articles/6_rm_pctattletale.html or do it this way PCTattleTale can be detected and removed Automatically by PestPatrol or Spyware Doctor.

Manual Removal:
Follow these steps to remove PCTattleTale from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
msn6mngr.exe
Netlogon.exe
svchost.exe
Wincmd.exe
WinLoad.exe
WinSysMngr.exe
PCTT.exe

Unregister these DLLs with Regsvr32, then reboot:
SystemRoot+\explorer32\chattext.dll
SystemRoot+\MSN32.dll

Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Welcome
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\2E8AC9B0E9894094189EA59912D1CCA3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\39E9F6C570B40D842A0953B8A8C07ADB
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\51799C1F87136324485141E00C6A942F
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\535AAC914F48699489B746B6ADD9165A
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\7D77628069B703345B8F64FB8EE22104
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\830EE956C56E84D45A51DD1CDC6E26A3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\91E6512C39B0465449BA5314D057905E
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\A45B49DECD972DF4892DD152ACF2E0E1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\C12F23E87949C614289082A5A0B1BFCD
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\C6D6E8663969C4142A4CDE91F63BDD38
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
\InstallShield Uninstall Information\{0FFA260F-8A4D-4906-B572-6028A18DE3D5}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "WinLoad" = "SystemRoot+\Winload.exe"

Remove these files and folders (if present) with Windows Explorer:
SystemRoot+\Instructions.htm
SystemRoot+\KbdMonitor.exp
SystemRoot+\KbdMonitor.lib
SystemRoot+\mscomct2.ocx
SystemRoot+\mscomctl.ocx
SystemRoot+\msinet.ocx
SystemRoot+\MSN32.dll
SystemRoot+\mswinsck.ocx
SystemRoot+\PCTT.exe
SystemRoot+\tabctl32.ocx
SystemRoot+\UninstallPCTT.exe
SystemRoot+\Unzip32.dll
SystemRoot+\WinLoad.exe
SystemRoot+\xwebpic10.ocx
SystemRoot+\zip32.dll
SystemRoot+\explorer32\
ProgramFiles+\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\7\Intel 32\